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Princeton's WordNet
hard-hitting, high-pressureadjective
aggressively and persistently persuasive
"a hard-hitting advertising campaign"; "a high-pressure salesman"
GCIDE
High-pressureadjective
Using intense psychological pressure or other incentives to convince others to do things; aggressively persistent; as, high-pressure salesmen; high-pressure tactics.
Wiktionary
high-pressureadjective
Operating with high pressures, such as several times atmospheric pressure but relative.
high-pressureadjective
Tense, stressful.
High-pressure situations either make diamonds or nervous breakdowns.
Wikipedia
high-pressure
In science and engineering the study of high pressure examines its effects on materials and the design and construction of devices, such as a diamond anvil cell, which can create high pressure. By high pressure is usually meant pressures of thousands (kilobars) or millions (megabars) of times atmospheric pressure (about 1 bar or 100,000 Pa).
ChatGPT
high-pressure
High-pressure generally refers to a condition or situation involving a substantial amount of force or pressure. It could refer to: 1. In physics, high pressure indicates a force exerted against an object or substance, which is significantly greater than the surrounding atmospheric pressure. This can also be measured in units like pascals or psi in scientific experiments. 2. In meteorology, a high-pressure area where the atmospheric pressure is higher than the surrounding area, often associated with calm, clear weather. 3. In a social or work context, high-pressure refers to a situation that involves great urgency, stress, or responsibility, often requiring quick or important decisions.
Webster Dictionary
High-pressureadjective
having or involving a pressure greatly exceeding that of the atmosphere; -- said of steam, air, water, etc., and of steam, air, or hydraulic engines, water wheels, etc
High-pressureadjective
fig.: Urgent; intense; as, a high-pressure business or social life
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of high-pressure in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of high-pressure in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of high-pressure in a Sentence
The secret of all power is - save your force. If you want high pressure you must choke off waste.
A ridge of high pressure over the area this weekend should allow for a general relaxing of the winds, though it will also push high temperatures to near-record levels.
They tend to be reporting sloppiness that's quite real. But it doesn't amount to a systematic deal. It amounts to people under high pressure, trying to get things done quickly and making mistakes.
But I decided to just give it some extra speed, which has kind of been one of the things I’ve been struggling with around the greens, if it’s a high-pressure situation, I tend to hit it soft instead of going for the open face and hit it hard. And I decided to do that there and it worked out.
Initial examination of the left engine revealed multiple breaches of the engine case in the area around the high pressure compressor.
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